Vehicle-reach



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Patented Pebl?. 1883.

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A 2 5 ot' running-gear; and it consists in the details UNITED STATESPATENT OEEICE.

JOHANNF. A. WINKELMANN AND MADISON L. STEVVAR'I` OF SOHELL CITY,MISSOURI.

REACH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,929, datedFebruary-2'?, 1883.

Application filed November 15,1882.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, JOHANN F. A. WINKEL- MANNand MADIsoN L. STEWART, citizens of the United States, residing atSchell City, in

5 the county of Vernon and State of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reaches orCouplings for Vehicles; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of 1g.Y the same, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective i5 view of our invention; andFig. 2,-a side elevation thereof, partly in section.

The present invention has relation to certain new anduseful improvementsin that class ofrunning-gear for vehicles in which a tapering zo spindleis inserted in a correspondingly/tapering hollow section or tube, whichtogether form the reach.

The invention has for its object to improve the construction of theabove-mentioned class of construction, substantially as shown in thedrawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents one section of the reach,cast hollow to receive the section B, hereinafter described. The tubularsection A, at its forward end, is cast with a horizontal plate, G, andvertical plate ct, said plates having suitable screw or bolt holes forconnecting thereto, by suitable means, the head-block of the vehicle.The section A, with the plates O a, are all cast together in one piece,preferably of malleable iron, thus making not only a simpler but 4ostronger reach-section, and less cumbersome than those in ordinaryuse,4the cast plates at ythe forward end presenting a rm and solid meansfor attaching thereto the head-block. The forward end of the tubularsection A is 4 5 cast with a seat for the screw-nut b, said nut engagingwith'the screw-threaded end of the (Model.)

section B to hold it within the tubular section.

The opening in the rear or inner end of the section is slightly taperingto conform to the taper of the section B, said section being cast 5owith a shoulder, c, and tubular screw-threaded branches d, for attachingthereto the necessary braces, and lthe forked or bifurcated end D, forsecuring the wood portion of the reach. The tubular section A, at itsforward end, upon both its upper and lower sides, is cast with plates e,with screw-threaded holes f for the braces. The taper upon the sectionsA B enables the wear to be taken up by the nut b, said nut being keyedto the screw-threaded 6o end of the section B, to prevent it fromaccidentally turning or being loosened by the Workingof the parts. v

The tubular screw-threaded branches d, being cast with the taperingsection B, form a very simple and practical means of attaching theretothe necessary braces, which heretofore have usually been riveted orbolted directly to the sides of the section, thereby not only weakeningit by drilling holes through it 7o for the bolts or rivets, butrendering such means of connection liable to work loose or break offatfthe point of juncture with the section, as well as requiring moretime, trouble, and experience in securing the braces in a proper mannerto the section. It will be seen that these several disadvantages aboveenumerated are entirely removed by casting the section B with thetubular branches d, having internal screw-threads, and arranged at an 8oacute angle with the section, so that the braces which havescrew'threaded ends may be readily connected to the tubular brancheswithout the necessity of riveting or bolting, as hereto. fore, thusmaking astronger and much neater connection with less trouble, andreducing the cost of manufacture.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is t 9o 1. The combination, with thetubular section A, having a tapering opening, of the tapering section B,cast with tubular internal I screwthreaded branches, d, substantially asand for the purpose'set forth.

2. The section A, having a tapering opening or bore and cast with flatsurfaces or plates e, aud plates G a, in combination with the tw paringsection B, Gast with tubular internal branches, d, substantially as andfor the purposev specied.

In testimony that we Claim the above We 1o have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence 0ftWo Witnesses.

JOHANN FREDRCII AUGUST WINKELMANN. MADISON LAVERN STEWART.

Witnesses:

W. F. MARING, P. R. HARRIS.

